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" Linn, (the Paper Mulberry). The same plant is used by the Chinese to make paper. Whether the climate does not well agree with it I do not know, but they seemed to value it very much; that it was very scarce among them I am inclined to believe, as we have... "
The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New Zealand - Page 474
by George Malcolm Thomson - 1922 - 607 pages
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The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 7

Polynesian Society (N.Z.) - 1898 - 296 pages
...long passed. In Banks' Diary, at page 206, we find, under date of 4th December, 1769, " Alter thia they showed us a great rarity — six plants of what...called aouta, from whence they make cloth like that of Otahiie. The plant proved exactly the same, as the name is the same (aouta) — ilorut papyri fern...
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Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., K.B., P.R.S.: During ...

Joseph Banks - 1896 - 546 pages
...haycocks, and thatched over, and almost every house you go into has nets in process of making. After this they showed us a great rarity, six plants of what...proved exactly the same, as the name is the same, Moms papyrifera, Linn, (the Paper Mulberry). The same plant is used by the Chinese to make paper. Whether...
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Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., K.B., P.R.S.: During ...

Joseph Banks - 1896 - 544 pages
...haycocks, and thatched over, and almost every house you go into has nets in process of making. After this they showed us a great rarity, six plants of what...called aouta, from whence they make cloth like that of Otahita The plant proved exactly the same, as the name is the same, Morus papyri/era, Linn, (the Paper...
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The Museum Journal, Volumes 11-12

University of Pennsylvania. University Museum - 1920 - 704 pages
...small pieces in their ears, which they said was of their own manufacture." During a visit on shore, "they showed us a great rarity, six plants of what...same, Morus papyrifera, Linn, (the Paper Mulberry) .... We have not yet seen among them pieces large enough for any use, but only bits sticking into the...
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The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 33

Polynesian Society (N.Z.) - 1924 - 494 pages
...occupation. Sir Joseph Banks* who accompanied Cook on his first voyage in 1769, states, "After this they showed us a great rarity, six plants of what they called aouto (aute), from whence they make cloth like that of Otaheiti. The plant proved exactly the same,...
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The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 33

Polynesian Society (N.Z.) - 1924 - 474 pages
...occupation. Sir Joseph Banks* who accompanied Cook on his first voyage in 1769, states, "After this they showed us a great rarity, six plants of what they called aouto (aute), from whence they make cloth like that of Otaheiti. The plant proved exactly the same,...
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Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, Volume 7

1926 - 332 pages
...occupation. Sir Joseph Banks* who accompanied Cook on his first voyage in 1769, states, "After this they showed us a great rarity, six plants of what they called aouto (aute), from whence they make cloth like that of Otaheiti. The plant proved exactly the same,...
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